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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

  For the sake of this discussion it’s the method rather than the specific metric that is important. [2]   For the sake of this discussion it’s the method rather than the specific metric that is important. [2]   [1] Various multiples are used for various reasons. 2]   (I don’t like EBITDA multiples very much.